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BEIJING: Bollywood blockbuster Lagaan on Wednesday became the first Indian movie to be released in China nation-wide, rekindling memories of the Raj Kapoor era when Indian films were immensely popular in the neighbouring communist nation. The Oscar best foreign film nominee 2002, Lagaan is the first Indian film that has been released nation-wide in China, Joe Zhang, an official from Columbia Tri Star Film Distributors International said. Continuing with its international success and now reaching here, Lagaan brings us a great chance to break the wrong idea that "good movies are American ones", a chance to introduce the Indian Culture to the common Chinese," Zhang said.

The Kapoors are often re ferred to as the first fam ily of Bollywood, but not many realize that the Anand brothers — Chetan, Dev and Vijay — formed a creative combi nation with an equally rich lega cy. Dev and his elder brother Chetan, founded Navketan Films in 1949, a year after Raj Kapoor established RK Films , which make them two of filmdom's old est surviving banners. The Anands have, however, proved to be far more prolific, produc ing 35 motion pictures under Navketan as compared to the 20 films made by the Kapoor clan.

NEW DELHI: His movies hardly complete 60 shows these days. But Dev Anand's production banner Navketan Films is ready to celebrate diamond jubilee. And to mark the occasion, the ministry of information and broadcasting will felicitate its founder on Thursday. A retrospective of films made under the banner follows on Friday. The actor and his elder brother, director Chetan Anand, set up Navketan in 1949. Amit Khanna, who started his career with Navketan as executive producer in 1971, describes the banner as "a storehouse of the best talent.

No film-maker or novelist could possibly have dreamed up the incredible twists and turns in the life of Sanjay Dutt, also known these days as Munnabhai. That life took another dark turn on Tuesday, when a Mumbai court convicted him under the Arms Act ? in an incredible act of foolishness, Dutt had procured an AK 56, apparently for self-defence, at the time of the 1993 Mumbai riots. The court has absolved Dutt of being involved in the 1993 blasts. At one level, it's a simple case of the law taking its course.

If I was the body, he was the soul" was how Raj Kapoor chose to remember Mukesh after hearing about the playback singer's death. Any follower of Hindi cinema will remember Kaifi Azmi as not just the soul but the mind and the heart behind some of the most beautiful lyrics ever penned. Take Kaagaz ke phool where Azmi created lyrics like "Waqt ne kiya/ kya haseen sitam/ tum rahe na tum/ hum rahe na hum" to describe the magical moment of creativity as inspired by a meeting of minds and hearts.

MUMBAI: Veteran actress Mala Sinha did not turn up for the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award ceremony as she is upset with the award committee for disrespecting her. She was to the receive Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award yesterday but there was no mention about her and the award on the invitation card. "I was told I am getting Phalke Academy award but it is shocking that my name is not there and which award I will get is also not mentioned. I did not ask for the award, they decided to give it to me. I am not aware which award I was getting, this is insulting.

MUMBAI: On Friday evening, traffic outside Krishna Raj Bunglow, Pali Hill, at Mumbai's Bandra suburb was impossible to manage. Every TV channel was in line for a quick bite from the Rockstar—Ranbir Kapoor. His latest film Rockstar is estimated to have collected Rs 36-40 crore from theatres in the fist weekend of its release, confirming the young scion of the Kapoor family as the blockbuster kid in Bollywood less than five years after his debut. Also Read: Nargis Fakhri bags three endorsement deals before film release The 28-year-old grandson of Raj Kapoor refuses to get overwhelmed by an avalanche of congratulatory messages for his standout performance in the movie that portrays the transformation of Delhi youth Janardan Jhakar, or JJ, into world famous rock star Jordan.

MUMBAI: The Hindi film industry has not grown beyond Manmohan Desai and Raj Kapoor and is plagued by the sheer bankruptcy of ideas and films with no story. Of 1,900 film projects, just about five are okay. Compared to this drought, Hollywood studios collectively spend around $700m in developing scripts. It's the inability to tell a good story, summarises the Los Angeles-based Krishna Shah ? writer, director, film-maker and script doctor. Bollywood's biggest pitfall is its failure to develop a bound script, Mr Shah told ET. "Every movie must have a beginning, a middle and an end. In the 17th century, Ganzi developed 36 basic plots for a good story.

What's unusual about Bheja Fry, a film whose release date of April 13 falls oddly close to All Fools Day (April 1)? Apart from the kooky title, this new movie produced by Rajat Kapoor claims to revive a once-favourite but now neglected character in cinema: the good-hearted simpleton. In a word, the idiot. The term, though used pejoratively, has its roots in something far more subversive. In ancient Greece, an idiot was a person who chose to stand outside the political entity of the city-state.

ISLAMABAD: Several civil society groups and activists from Pakistan's northwest have formed a 'jirga' or council to work for the protection of Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar's ancestral home in Peshawar. The civil society groups involved in the move include the Bangladesh, Bharat and Pakistan People's Forum, Karwan, Citizen for Clean Environment and Almi Pushto Congress. Journalists and columnists like Younas Qiyasi, Syed Bukhar Shah and Nasir Hussain are also part of the jirga.